Vesteraalen
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The
steamer Vesteraalen was laid down at Akers Mekaniske
Verksted in Oslo, and was launched in 1891. She did
service as a coastal express for approximately ten years,
but was taken out of that duty with the entrance of new
ships in the early 1900s. She was rebuilt in 1914 and her
tonnage slightly increased from 613 to 683 gross tons.
After the German occupation of Norway in April 1940 she
sailed for the Norwegian home fleet. After the loss of Richard
With in September 1941, she was put in service again
as a coastal express between Tromsø and Hammerfest.She was
torpedoed 17.October 1941 outside Nusvåg, most likely by a
Soviet submarine. She went down in the deep in less than a
minute after the torpedo hit her, and 54 people lost their
lives. According to rumors from divers the wreck rest on a
depth of approx 60 meter right outside Nusvåg.
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 Picture: Vesteraalen
Norwegian Maritime Museum
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